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Kansas State Football / kites
« on: September 18, 2014, 04:19:56 PM »
So who's the bald dude hanging out, drinking an Ice?

 :billdance:

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Dave Ramsey LIVE
« on: February 15, 2011, 11:19:57 PM »
Offer has expired.

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Essentially Flyertalk / channelsurfing.net
« on: February 02, 2011, 11:38:03 PM »
And a host of other sports streaming sites...


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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Unconstitutional
« on: January 31, 2011, 02:36:03 PM »
Judge Rules Health Care Law Is Unconstitutional

A U.S. district judge ruled Monday that the health care law unconstitutional because it violates the Commerce Clause.

Judge Roger Vinson said as a result of the unconstitutionality of the "individual mandate" that requires people to buy insurance, the entire law must be thrown out.

"I must reluctantly conclude that Congress exceeded the bounds of its authority in passing the Act with the individual mandate. That is not to say, of course, that Congress is without power to address the problems and inequities in our health care system. The health care market is more than one sixth of the national economy, and without doubt Congress has the power to reform and regulate this market. That has not been disputed in this case. The principal dispute has been about how Congress chose to exercise that power here," Vinson wrote.

"Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire act must be declared void," he wrote.



http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/31/judges-ruling-health-care-lawsuit-shift-momentum-coverage-debate/

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That's about the highlight of his career.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Who's in your 5 for 2011?
« on: December 26, 2010, 10:22:35 AM »
1.  Nelson Mandela
2.  Billy Graham
3.  Kirk Douglas
4.  Nancy Pelosi
5.  LHC Bill Snyder


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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Congrats, Manhattan!
« on: December 08, 2010, 09:02:34 PM »
Kansas: Protecting the Food Supply and Agriculture Economy

Kansas State University has been selected as the future home of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) — once
again highlighting the state’s deep agricultural heritage, bioscience expertise, research infrastructure, world-class animal
health industry, and strong public support.

The $650 million research facility will provide the country with an urgently needed, state-of-the-art lab to protect the food supply
and agriculture economy. Kansas is exceptionally well suited to accelerate the achievement of this mission.


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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / The Lost Lesson of Thanksgiving
« on: November 25, 2010, 09:19:22 AM »
Had today's political class been in power in 1623, tomorrow's holiday would have been called "Starvation Day" instead of Thanksgiving. Of course, most of us wouldn't be alive to celebrate it.

Every year around this time, schoolchildren are taught about that wonderful day when Pilgrims and Native Americans shared the fruits of the harvest. But the first Thanksgiving in 1623 almost didn't happen.

Long before the failure of modern socialism, the earliest European settlers gave us a dramatic demonstration of the fatal flaws of collectivism. Unfortunately, few Americans today know it.

The Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony organized their farm economy along communal lines. The goal was to share the work and produce equally.

That's why they nearly all starved.

When people can get the same return with less effort, most people make less effort. Plymouth settlers faked illness rather than working the common property. Some even stole, despite their Puritan convictions. Total production was too meager to support the population, and famine resulted. This went on for two years.

"So as it well appeared that famine must still ensue the next year also, if not some way prevented," wrote Gov. William Bradford in his diary. The colonists, he said, "began to think how they might raise as much corn as they could, and obtain a better crop than they had done, that they might not still thus languish in misery. At length after much debate of things, [with the advice of the chiefest among them] gave way that they should set corn every man for his own particular, and in that regard trust to themselves. And so assigned to every family a parcel of land."

In other words, the people of Plymouth moved from socialism to private farming. The results were dramatic.

"This had very good success," Bradford wrote, "for it made all hands very industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been. By this time harvest was come, and instead of famine, now God gave them plenty, and the face of things was changed, to the rejoicing of the hearts of many."

Because of the change, the first Thanksgiving could be held in November 1623.

What Plymouth suffered under communalism was what economists today call the tragedy of the commons. The problem has been known since ancient Greece. As Aristotle noted, "That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it."

If individuals can take from a common pot regardless of how much they put in it, each person has an incentive to be a free-rider, to do as little as possible and take as much as possible because what one fails to take will be taken by someone else. Soon, the pot is empty.

What private property does -- as the Pilgrims discovered -- is connect effort to reward, creating an incentive for people to produce far more. Then, if there's a free market, people will trade their surpluses to others for the things they lack. Mutual exchange for mutual benefit makes the community richer.

Here's the biggest irony of all: The U.S. government has yet to apply the lesson to its first conquest, Native Americans.

The U.S. government has held most Indian land in trust since the 19th century. This discourages initiative and risk-taking because, among other reasons, it can't be used as collateral for loans.

On Indian reservations, "private land is 40 to 90 percent more productive than land owned through the Bureau of Indian Affairs," says economist Terry Anderson, executive director of PERC. "If you drive through western reservations, you will see on one side cultivated fields, irrigation, and on the other side, overgrazed pasture, run-down pastures and homes. One is a simple commons; the other side is private property. You have Indians on both sides. The important thing is someone owns one side."

Secure property rights are the key. When producers know their future products are safe from confiscation, they take risks and invest. But when they fear they will be deprived of the fruits of their labor, they will do as little as possible.

That's the lost lesson of Thanksgiving.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/11/24/john-stossel-lost-lesson-thanksgiving

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Remember when the head of the Bergen County Education Association put out an email praying for the death of Chris Christie? Well after that email was sent out, the President of the Teachers Union offered an official apology and called the Governor’s office to apologize. At that point Christie says that instead of taking the call, he decided to invite her to the Governor’s office for a face to face apology. And that’s when the awesomeness starts:

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/11/20/awesome-chris-christie-tells-of-apology-from-president-of-teachers-union/

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Essentially Flyertalk / Star Wars nerds....
« on: November 16, 2010, 06:27:08 PM »
Collectors item?   :cheers:


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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Birthers
« on: November 08, 2010, 06:48:50 PM »
There was an odd little moment with Spice Jet founder Bhupendra Kansagra when President Obama spoke to CEOs Saturday in Mumbai.

MR. KANSAGRA: Thank you. Welcome, Mr. President, to India. As a fellow Kenyan, I’m very proud to see that you have made --

THE PRESIDENT: Made something of myself. (Laughter.)

MR. KANSAGRA: -- India as the focus of your drive for exports out of the U.S.

Obviously the president is not a Kenyan. One supposes Mr. Kansagra meant "of Kenyan ancestry" or something.

- Jake Tapper


http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/11/odd-little-moment-at-the-ceo-meeting.html

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Alvin Greene concession speech
« on: November 04, 2010, 10:34:31 AM »
I don't see how this guy didn't beat Jim DeMint.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2010/11/03/alvin-greenes-concession-speech/


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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Gloat Fest 2010
« on: November 04, 2010, 10:27:19 AM »

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / congrats OK_Cat!
« on: November 03, 2010, 11:17:41 PM »
You live in an increasingly red state now!  Huzzah!

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http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=389

Grayson's gone. As far as I'm concerned, we just lost far beyond any number.

We lost one of the absolute best we had.

If Feingold goes, it doesn't matter one whit what the numbers come out to be, we have suffered an immense loss. We already have.


 :party: :lol:

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Natalie Foster, BarackObama.com <[email protected]>

Friend --

Polls are open in parts of the country as late as midnight Eastern Time -- and we urgently need more folks to call voters from home once the polls have closed in their area.

We're calling only to those voters in races we believe are coming down to the wire.

That means every call you make from now until midnight Eastern Time is even more crucial, even more focused, and even more likely to have a big impact.

Keep calling now:

http://my.barackobama.com/E-DayCalls

You're doing amazing work -- keep it up!

Natalie

Natalie Foster
New Media Director


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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Oh those wiley media!
« on: October 31, 2010, 07:50:17 PM »
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UPDATE:

From the Miller Campaign:

    Now the media has gone from trying to create stories to openly lying. The audio was pulled directly from the voicemail message. Nothing was altered. “Everything that was recorded on my phone is what we released without change,” said Randy Desoto.

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The following voice mail message was inadvertently left on the cell phone of Joe Miller campaign spokesperson Randy DeSoto.

The voices are believed to be those of the news director for CBS Anchorage affiliate KTVA, along with assignment editor Nick McDermott, and other reporters, openly discussing creating, if not fabricating, two stories about Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, Joe Miller.

The following is a transcript of a call recorded after CBS Alaska affiliate KTVA called Joe Miller’s Senate campaign spokesperson. The call failed to disconnect properly. It was later authenticated by McDermott, who sent a text to Randy DeSoto stating, “Damn iPhone… I left you a long message. I thought I hung up. Sorry.”

http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2010/10/30/anchorage-cbs-affiliate-caught-on-voicemail-conspiring-against-alaskas-gop-senate-candidate/

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Sam I Am
« on: October 30, 2010, 08:44:49 PM »


 :users:

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Back From the Future Ad
« on: October 26, 2010, 10:49:22 PM »
I'm sure there are quite a few of you that will get a boner watching this one.

http://www.youtube.com/v/QfXNVhU2EfM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US

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